Waymo conducted the first analysis of its fully driverless vehicles to determine whether they’re safer than human drivers. The 7.1-million mile study found its cars performed better than humans in preventing injury-causing crashes.
For years, Waymo has been claiming that its driverless vehicles have the potential to be safer than humans. Now the company says it has the data to back it up. Waymo analyzed 7.13 million fully driverless miles in three cities — Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Francisco — and compared the data to human driving benchmarks to determine whether its cars were involved in fewer injuring-causing and police-reported crashes.
Human drivers also tend not to report certain low-level crashes, like minor fender benders. In contrast, Waymo is legally required to report every contact event with another vehicle, no matter how minor. As a result, Waymo needed to adjust its model to account for those factors.
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